If Hamas does stop firing rockets, Mr Barak's standing could rise fast.

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He said Stephen, in his first call, to another brother, had wanted the Algerian army to pull back and stop firing on the camp.

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Nevertheless, many of them acknowledge that the agreement may force Hamas to stop firing rockets across the border from Gaza, and welcome at least that aspect of it.

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To try to save the truce, Mr Abbas has sent the PA's police to intercept the Palestinian militants in Gaza and stop them firing rockets at the Israelis.

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It was invaded by Israel in January in a campaign to stop militants from firing rockets into southern Israel.

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Do you wait for your customers to disappear, as they surely must, or do you get a leg up and start firing now or at least stop hiring?

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Israeli officials say these measures are intended to pressure Hamas, which is on the U.S. government list of terrorist groups, to stop its members and other factions from firing mortars and rockets into Israel.

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